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- This invention relates to a hybrid communications cable for enhancement of transmission capability. More particularly, this invention relates to a hybrid cable which may include optical as well as metallic conductor transmission media, which is easy to manufacture and the transmission media of which are easy to access.
- optical fibers in communications has grown significantly over the past few years. It is anticipated that its use will reach into the residential loop distribution system in the near future. For now, loop distribution cables which include insulated metallic conductors continue to be installed.
- Optical fiber has found widespread application in longhaul transmission such as, for example, between cities, and in trunk service, for example, between telephone central offices or switching centers. It is readily apparent that optical fiber can be used not only in longhaul and trunk applications but also in local area networks, service or drop applications, and in indoor cable. As a result, end to end optical communication is fast becoming a reality.
- Such a need translates into a need of a hybrid cable which is intended to refer to a cable which offers the capability for both optical fiber and metallic transmission.
- a course of action of early placement of optical fiber capability along with metallic conductors in aerial or buried installations to customers' premises will facilitate the later transition from a metallic to an optical fiber operating system.
- capability is meant the installation of facilities which at a later date facilitate the installation of optical fiber of a cost greatly reduced over that of a complete installation.
- the first cost of installing optical fiber capability to customers' premises is minimized by such an approach because the capability of providing optical fiber transmission can be installed simultaneously with the installation of metallic transmission media for essentially the same cost as either separately.
- optical fiber or optical fiber capability can be provided to customers' premises awaiting the arrival of the optical fiber network and development of associated hardware and electronics.
- Such cables initially having optical fiber capability may be placed by the same methods and apparatus as are used for all-copper cables. Accordingly, the optical fiber portion thereof must be robust enough to withstand plowing and trenching or aerial stringing of a host structure and to be capable of survival outside the host structure in a separate run to an optical fiber storage or termination point.
- the optical fiber unit may be used to provide cable television or be retained for later use.
- the sought-after cable should have desired properties. For example, it should have a relatively high tensile and compressive loading capability, a relatively low minimum bend radius, stiffness in order to insure that the optical fiber unit remains as straight as possible to minimize bend losses, an operating temperature range of about -40° to +160° F. and low cost.
- the cable should be able to withstand repeated impact during installation. Also, the structure must not be affected adversely by cable filling compounds.
- the cable must be water-resistant to prevent degradation of transmission or damage due to water-induced crack propagation or freezing. In those instances when it will connect to customers' premises, the cable must be capable of being made flame retardant. Also, the sought after cable should be relatively easy to manufacture and to connectorize despite the capability for different kinds of transmission media.
- Hybrid cables are known to the prior art.
- a hybrid cable which includes a reinforced optical fiber unit.
- the unit includes an optical fiber or fibers enclosed by at least three impregnated fiberglass members and a jacket.
- the unit is included along with metallic conductors in a core tube enclosed in a plastic jacket.
- optical fibers are disposed in a central portion thereof with copper conductors arranged thereabout. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,552,432.
- a craftsperson needs to work through the copper conductors.
- sometime conflicting sheath design constraints for copper and fiber technologies as well as the configuration required for various fiber and/or conductor counts increases greatly the cable complexity and cost.
- an initially installed cable may include the metallic transmission media and a duct in which optical fibers are to be installed at a future date.
- a duct for receiving optical fiber in the future is installed, the major port, ion of the construction is accomplished initially.
- optical fiber is caused to be moved into the existing duct with minimum further construction activity.
- the prior art is devoid of such a cable which provides both metallic and optical fiber capability along with desired properties such as the capability of easily accessing either the metallic conductors or the optical fiber or both.
- the sought-after cable will fill a need in the marketplace as services to the home are expanded.
- a hybrid cable of this invention includes a first transmission portion which includes a sheath system which includes a plastic jacket, and a second transmission portion. Means disposed about the first and the second transmission portions holds together the first and the second transmission portions.
- the second transmission portion includes a longitudinally extending duct which is made of a plastic material.
- the first transmission portion may be a metallic conductor portion which comprises a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated metallic conductors and a sheath system which includes a plastic jacket.
- interstitial spaces within the core are filled and interfaces between sheath components of a metallic conductor portion are flooded with suitable waterblocking materials.
- the duct is disposed outside the jacket of the metallic conductor portion. In the preferred embodiment, an outer jacket is disposed about the metallic conductor portion and the duct.
- the cable may be provided initially with optical fiber or optical fiber or optical fiber cable may be moved into the duct at a later date as the need for optical fiber capability arises.
- Cables of this invention have excellent mechanical properties.
- Waterblocking provisions also may be included either in the metallic conductor portion or in the optical fiber portion or in both. Further, when required, plastic materials used in the cables may be sufficiently flame retardant to permit the cables to extend onto customers' premises.
- the manufacturing flexibility of different fiber and conductor counts is a key feature because either of the as-shipped or planned media counts can be readily included without complicating the configuration of the other media portion.
- FIG. 1 is an end view of a hybrid communications cable
- FIG. 2 is an end view of an alternative embodiment of a hybrid cable having a circular cross-section
- FIG. 3 is an alternative embodiment in which an optical fiber duct is spaced from a metallic conductor portion
- FIG. 4 is a still further embodiment which includes an optical fiber portion and a spare duct;
- FIG. 5 is an elevational view of a hybrid communication cable in which an optical fiber portion has been extended after breakout of a metallic conductor portion;
- FIG. 6 is an end view of an alternative embodiment which includes a self-supporting sheath system and which is suitable for aerial use;
- FIG. 7 is an end view of an alternative embodiment which includes metallic conductors which may be used for the transmission of electrical power.
- the cable 20 includes a first transmission portion 22 which in a preferred embodiment may be a metallic conductor portion and a second transmission portion which in a preferred embodiment may be an optical fiber portion 24.
- the metallic conductor portion 22 includes a core 30 which includes a plurality of pairs of insulated metallic conductors 32--32.
- Each of the insulated metallic conductors includes a longitudinally extending metallic conductor 34 and an insulation cover 36.
- the insulation cover 36 may include one or more layers of insulation material such as one, for example, which is made of polyethylene.
- a core wrap 38 which in a preferred embodiment is made of a plastic material such as polyester plastic material, for example.
- the insulation cover 36--36 desirably is a flame retardant material such as a polyetherimide or other nonhalogenated plastic material.
- the metallic conductor portion 22 of the cable 20 may also include waterblocking provisions. Disposed within interstices among the conductor pairs and between the conductor pairs and the core wrap 38 is a filling material ,40 which is waterblocking.
- a suitable filling material 40 is one such as that disclosed and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,870,117 which issued in Sep. 20, 1989, in the names of A. C. Levy and C. Tu.
- the cable 20 may include a corrugated aluminum shield 42 which has been wrapped about the core to form a longitudinal gapped seam 43 and a corrugated steel shield 44 which has been wrapped about the corrugated aluminum shield and which has a longitudinal overlapped seam 46.
- the seams may be offset circumferentially from each other.
- a jacket 48 which is made of a plastic material such as a polyethylene encloses the shielding system.
- a plastic material such as a polyethylene
- other suitable materials such as polypropylene or non-halogenated flame retardant materials may be used for the jacket 48.
- the metallic conductor portion may include other waterblocking provisions.
- a layer of a laminate which includes a superabsorbent material in powder form may be included in the sheath system.
- yarn which has been treated with a superabsorbent material may be included in the sheath system or in the core. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,867,526 which issued in the name of C. J. Arroyo on Sep. 19, 1989 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,815,813 which issued on Mar. 28, 1989 in the names of C. J. Arroyo, H. P. Debban, Jr. and W. J. Paucke.
- the optical fiber portion 24 of the cable 20 includes provisions for receiving optical fiber transmission media such as an optical fiber cable 50 which includes a plurality of optical fibers 51--51 (see FIG. 2).
- a cable 50 may be one such as that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,844,575 which issued on Jul. 4, 1989 in the names of M. D. Kinard, A. J. Panuska, M. R. Reynolds, M. R. Santana, and G. H. Webster.
- a longitudinally extending duct 52 is disposed outside the jacket 48 of the metallic conductor portion 22 and in a preferred embodiment is made of polyethylene. Other materials may be used for the duct 52. For example, if it is desired to extend the cable onto customers' premises, the duct may be made of a fluoropolymer or a non-halogenated material.
- the duct 52 is sized so that an inner area defined by the inner diameter of the duct is sufficiently large to maintain a suitable packing ratio of the optical fibers 51--51 which may become disposed in the duct.
- packing ratio is meant the ratio of the sum of the transverse cross-sectional areas of the optical fibers to the inner area defined by the inner diameter of the duct.
- a suitable ratio is in the range of about 0.1 to 0.5.
- the outer jacket 60 preferably is made of polyethylene, but for indoor uses may be a suitable flame retardant material. As is seen in FIG. 1, the outer jacket 60 engages a substantial portion of the circumference of the jacket 48 of the metallic conductor portion 22 and a portion of the duct 52.
- optical fiber may be installed in the duct 52 by the use of a pre-placed pulling tape 61 or by using the flow of air.
- the fiber may be caused to become disposed in the duct 52 by the methods described and claimed in copending commonly assigned application Ser. No. 07/720,988 which was filed on Jun. 25, 1991 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,234,198 in the names of A. L. Hale, M. R. Santana and K. P. Wells.
- the optical fiber portion 24 also may include waterblocking provisions.
- the duct 52 may be filled with a waterblocking material such as that, disclosed in application Ser. No. 07/691,770 filed on Apr. 26, 1991 U.S. Pat. No. 5,187,763, in the name of C. F. TU and which is incorporated by reference hereinto.
- the cable 20 of this invention is advantageous from a number of standpoints. For example, accessing the optical fiber in the cable 20 is relatively easy; only the outer jacket 60 need be violated to reach the optical fiber portion 24. Further, because the duct 52 may be used to receive an optical fiber cable, any suitably sized cable may be used, depending on specific needs. Also, the metallic conductor portion 22 may be a standard offering multipair cable. Further, the configuration is adaptable to various size ducts and various copper conductor cable sizes. Accordingly, the cables of this invention facilitate the marriage of optical fiber and metallic conductor cables, each having properties to meet specific needs.
- the configuration of the cable in FIG. 1 is non-circular, a circular arrangement is achievable.
- the duct and the metallic conductor portions are enclosed in a circular metallic member 62 (see FIG. 2) which has been wrapped about the assembly of the duct and the metallic conductor portion.
- the metallic member 62 is provided with an adhesive material such as an adhesive copolymer material on its outer major surface. Then an outer jacket 64 is extruded about the circular metallic member and becomes adhered thereto.
- the optical fiber portion 24 is contiguous to an outer surface of the metallic conductor portion 22.
- the optical fiber portion 24 is spaced from the jacket 48 of the metallic conductor portion 22 but connected thereto through a web 72 of a plastic material which is the same plastic material of which the duct 52 and the outer jacket 48 are made.
- a hybrid cable designated generally by the number 80 includes a metallic conductor portion 22, an optical fiber portion 24 and a spare duct 82.
- the cable 80 may include optical fibers 51--51 or an optical fiber cable 50 disposed in the duct 52 whereas the spare duct 82 provides the capability of having additional fiber added thereto in the future.
- the cable of this invention provides much flexibility in satisfying customers' needs. Reels of ducts and copper cables may be maintained in inventory in cable factories. As demand arises, a particular duct size may be joined to a particular copper cable size to customize the final product. A fixed size first transmission portion need not be attached permanently to a fixed size second transmission portion until a need is determined.
- Optical fiber may be caused to become positioned in the duct in the factory or in the field when the need arises.
- the duct of the cable is supplied with a pull tape therein.
- the copper cable portions and the duct may be coextensive in length.
- the optical fiber portion 24 may be extended or routed separately by splicing a duct extension 92 (see FIG. 5) to the duct 52 with an alignment sleeve 94.
- Cables of this invention also may be used aerially.
- the cable of FIG. 2 may be provided with an aerial support portion 96.
- the aerial support portion 96 includes a longitudinally extending strength member 97 enclosed in a plastic jacket 98.
- the jacket 98 is connected to the plastic jacket 64 by a web 99 of plastic material.
- a hybrid cable desirably includes metallic conductors which may be used to transmit electrical power for any number of purposes.
- FIG. 7 is depicted the cable of FIG. 2 with two transmission media 100--100 which are suitable for the transmission of electrical power.
- Cables of this invention are such as to be able to provide enhanced transmission capability to suit customers' needs.
- various combinations of metallic conductor and/or optical fiber portions may be made.
- the first transmission portion need not be a metallic conductor portion but instead may be an optical fiber portion such as the optical fiber cable 50, for example.
- the second transmission portion affords the capability of enhancing the optical fiber capacity of the cable 20 at a future date as the need arises.
- the first transmission portion is depicted as having a larger outer diameter than that of the second transmission portion, the reverse may be true or they may be equal in size.
- the metallic conductors at a future date may be used for transmitting electrical power as optical fiber transmission media are added to the duct.
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